How many live concerts have you attended?

Japanese Music
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If you were counting how many vk/j-rock/j-pop lives did you all attand so far? You don’t need to list all of them but I would be courious which/when was your first, your most recent or which upcoming lives you plan to see.

I have been to 47 lives so far. Including Festivals that had japanense artist and counting coupling tours and stuff as one live.

My first live was Eve of Destiny in 2005. Does anyone know them? :sweat_smile:

Most recent: Miyavi

Upcoming: Dir en Grey

Most seen artist:
Dir en Grey: 12
The Gazette: 7
D’espairsRay: 5
Miyavi: 4
Kagerou: 3
Sadie: 3
Maifo: 2

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living on a small island in the middle of the caribbean we barely get any american bands visit us let alone vk bands (although LOUDNESS did come once here in the 80s setlist and my dad went to that show)

i have been lucky enough to be able to travel a few times to see a few of the bands i like

First was DIR EN GREY in 2008

Most Recent: SiM (September)
Upcoming: SiM (May)

Japanese bands I’ve seen overall:
DIR EN GREY 5
BABYMETAL 2 (1 festival)
the GazettE 1
ONE OK ROCK 1 (festival)
SiM 1

Was supposed to see Crossfaith last year (the only reason i traveled to Birmingham for Furnace Fest) and they cancelled last minute

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oh that sucks cuz they are really great live. saw them when they were touring germany to promote ex_machina. even got a signed vinyl from them.
love it when band members go to their merch table afterwards.
also saw crystal lake with ryo a couple of times and knosis last month.

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Wow, DEG 12 times! I’m jealous. I haven’t seen any artist that many times. But DEG is one of the ones I’ve seen the most. Let’s see:

EDIT: oh excluding non-Japanese I’ve seen 9. I live close to Philly and NYC but still not enough of my faves come near me :frowning:

Evanescence: 5
Madonna: 3
DEG: 3
A Day to Remember: 3
Adam Lambert: 3
Cher: 2
Beyonce: 2
Bleachers: 2
Kamijo: 1
Schwartz Stein: 1
Fall Out Boy: 1
The GazettE: 1
Lady Gaga: 1
Lizzo: 1
Hyde: 1
Flyleaf: 1
Ashnikko: 1
Babymetal: 1
Katy Perry: 1
Bring Me The Horizon: 1
Coldplay: 1
Halestorm: 1
Kelly Clarkson: 1
Kim Petras: 1
Muse: 1
ONE OK ROCK: 1
P!nk: 1
Walk the Moon: 1
Wrabel: 1
X Japan: 1

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Have been to a mental amount of gigs, mostly metal over the years and cant begin to list all of them. For one I’ve been to 4 fests just this year… haha. As for Japanese/vk specific, actually isnt too many considering I dont live in Japan but on my travels did see a few which is nice! Obviously seen Dir and The Gazette because they do get overseas. VK bands ive seen in Japan is DIMLIM (when they were still good), Darian Marian, Sheep Sleep, Darrell, Mamireta, Jiluka, Shellmy, Minus Jinsei Orchestra, Merry Badend, IGGY, Jigsaw and at least one more but I cant remember who they were, remember what they looked like but nothing much else, anyone else, if there was anyone I have forgotten for now. Haha.

Would really like to get to a RAZOR or NAZARE one man show one day as well! Seeing a lot of bands is cool and made some discoveries for sure, but the bands i really like were just over too soon so would rather go see just them and get a good fix. Haha.

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I went to very few real concerts

Lacuna Coil once, and Epica Twice

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Oh god. WAY too many. I’ll just list the japanese ones, the whole list is there

2008.03.27 An Cafe (Barcelona)
2009.03.28 An Cafe (Barcelona)
2010.04.15 LM.C (Toulouse)
2010.05.22 Anli Pollicino (Perpignan)
2010.07.02 Versailles (Montpellier)
2010.07.03 Versailles (Barcelona)
2011.01.21 -OZ- (Paris)
2011.01.23 MUCC (Paris)
2011.03.27 MIYAVI (Paris)
2011.04.09 MIYAVI (Garorock Festival)
2011.06.01 Versailles (Nancy)
2011.06.03 MONO (Lyon)
2011.06.18 MAXIMUM THE HORMONE (Paris)
2011.07.01 X JAPAN (Paris)
2011.07.02 Golden Bomber (Paris)
2011.10.15 Versailles (Orléans)
2011.11.02 UPLIFT SPICE (Toulouse)
2011.11.15 kanon×kanon (Lyon)
2012.02.04 amber gris (Paris)
2012.02.25 Kaya / Satsuki (Paris)
2012.03.16 Megaromania (Paris)
2012.04.14 L’arc-en-ciel (Paris)
2012.05.20 LM.C (Lyon)
2012.11.17 An Cafe (Marseille)
2012.11.18 An Cafe (Paris)
2014.02.08 Jupiter (Paris)
2014.03.04 An Cafe (Lyon)
2014.03.06 An Cafe (Paris)
2014.04.25 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Paris)
2014.07.04 YOSHIKI (Paris)
2014.07.04 KAMIJO (Paris)
2014.09.13 BORN × Lycaon (Paris)
2015.02.07 WING WORKS (Paris)
2016.03.14 Crossfaith (Paris)
2016.06.03 the GazettE (Paris)
2017.02.04 Versailles (Barcelona)
2017.05.05 MIYAVI (Paris)
2017.07.16 THE SIXTH LIE × SHIN (Paris)
2017.08.29 An Cafe (Osaka)
2017.09.01 HOLLOWGRAM (Tokyo)
2017.09.02 SuG (Tokyo)
2017.09.03 BugLug (Kawasaki)
2017.09.04 Sick. (Tokyo)
2017.09.07 ∞INFi2TY (Tokyo)
2017.09.09 SANA / An Cafe / MASK / Lolita23q / HERO / Aoi-168- / MASK (Tokyo)
2017.09.10 Sibilebashir (Tokyo)
2017.09.16 RAZOR (Tokyo)
2017.09.17 Mix Speaker’s,Inc. / HERO / DaizyStripper / D=OUT / vistlip / Kiryu (Tokyo)
2017.09.18 LM.C / The THIRTEEN (Tokyo)
2017.10.03 Behind the Shadow Drops (Paris)
2017.11.14 MORRIGAN (Paris)
2018.09.22 KAMIJO (Paris)
2019.05.13 Jupiter (Paris)
2019.06.14 the GazettE (Paris)
2019.07.06 Yoko Takahashi (Paris)
2019.07.07 DADAROMA (Paris)
2019.12.12 MONO (Paris)
2022.06.10 MAXIMUM THE HORMONE (Paris)
2022.09.01 MONO (Paris)

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So 59 if I counted right? Amazing!

Already number 60. planned?

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More concerts than I can count for North American and European bands.

For Japanese bands, I’ve seen,

Miyavi (2018)
The Gazette (2019)
Dir en Grey (2019)
Luna Sea (2023)
The Gallo (2023)
Ensoku (2023)
Old Circus (2023)
Plastic Tree (2023)
Shiva (2023)
Neth Priere Cain (2023)
I.D.a (2023)
Hide and Seek Dorothy (2023)
Mathilda (2023)
Vivarush (2023)
Xanvala (2023)
The Sound Bee HD (2023)
Zeke Deux (2023)
MUCC (2023)
Buck-Tick (2023)
Leetspeak Monsters (2023)
Jiluka (2023)
Gill from Angelo (2023)

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Yes, DIR EN GREY in Paris! First time seeing them :slight_smile:
And then KAMIJO in June, also in Paris.

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I only list the Japanese ones:

Dir en Grey 7
Miyavi 2
One Ok Rock 2
abingdon Boys school 1
Arlequin 1
Black Line 1
Buglug 1
Chanty 1
Crossfaith 1
Deathgaze 1
Flow 1
gulu gulu 1
heidi. 1
Inoran 1
Kizu 1
Knosis 1
Luna Sea 1
Maximum the Hormone 1
The Microhead 4N’S 1
Scapegoat 1
Tomoyasu Hotei 1
X Japan 1
Yeti 1
ザアザア 1
極東ロマンス 1
-真天地開闢集団-ジグザグ 1
マザー 1
モンストロ 1

Next concerts will be Dir en Grey in Paris and coldrain in Hamburg.

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I’m gonna be super annoying with my long comment. I know no one cares but I want to catalogue for my own future reference. I’m only listing VK bands, so here goes:

girugamesh (2009)
Seattle, WA (Sakuracon)

Sadie (2010)
Namba Hatch, Osaka (Over the Edge '10)

12012 (2010)
Namba Hatch, Osaka (Over the Edge '10)

heidi. (2010)
Namba Hatch, Osaka (Over the Edge '10)

girugamesh (2010)
Namba Hatch, Osaka (Over the Edge '10)

Rin (2010)
Namba Hatch, Osaka (Over the Edge '10)

DoremiDAN (2010)
Namba Hatch, Osaka (Over the Edge '10)

Mix Speaker’s Inc. (2010)
Namba Hatch, Osaka (Over the Edge '10)

D=OUT (2010)
Namba Hatch, Osaka (Over the Edge '10)

Vidoll (2010)
Namba Hatch, Osaka (Over the Edge '10)

heidi. (2011)
Anaheim, CA (AM2)

Sadie (2011)
Anaheim, CA (AM2)

heidi. (2014)
Los Angeles, CA (Pacific Media Expo)

heidi. (2014)
Atlanta, GA (Anime Weekend Atlanta)

UchuuSentai NOIZ (2014?)
Calgary, AB (Otafest)

heidi. (2015)
Oklahoma City, OK (Izumicon)

An Cafe (2015?)
Edmonton, AB (Animethon)

Plastic Tree (2016)
Tokyo (Tokyo Dome City Hakusei Tour)

NoGoD (2016?)
Calgary, AB (Otafest)

lynch. (2016)
Nagoya (Bottom Line, TOUR’15「DARK DARKER DARKNESS」#2)

DIR EN GREY (2016)
Nagoya (Zepp Nagoya, Mode of Vulgar Tour)

heidi. (2016)
Okayama (Okayama Pepperland, Road to 10th Anniversary Tour)

heidi. (2016)
Tokyo (Akasaka Blitz, 10th Anniversary Show)

heidi. (2019)
Maebashi (Hyouhon Tour)

heidi. (2019)
Okayama (Hyouhon Tour)

DIR EN GREY (2019)
Osaka (Namba Hatch, Insulated World Tour)

DIR EN GREY (2019)
Osaka (Namba Hatch, Insulated World Tour)

DIR EN GREY (2019)
Tokyo (Shinkiba Studio Coast, Insulated World Tour)

DIR EN GREY (2019)
Tokyo (Shinkiba Studio Coast, Insulated World Tour)

Onmyo-za (2019)
Yokohama (Club CITTA)

lynch. (2019)
Tokyo (Halloween Night Live)

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Not annoying at all. You are just answering the question of this thread :slight_smile: I said you don’t have to list all but you absolutely can.

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Thanks! It was a fun historical record exercise honestly.

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Dir En grey: 5 (maybe 6, can’t remember)
Gazette: 2

1 each for these:
Sukekiyo, Dadaroma, codomo dragon, minus (-), sugizo, ensoku.

I’d really like to see more, but I’ve rarely had money for concerts or travel. Kicking myself that I didn’t see D’spairsray or Versailles when they came to Los Angeles. Hoping to see more in the next 5 years when I can travel to Japan more.

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I’ve seen Dir en Grey twice and ONE OK ROCK once.

I have autographs from An Cafe and Alsdead but I didn’t attend those shows lmao

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I also have An Café authographs from a signing event but I did not attend the concert :sweat_smile:

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I’m probably at 25~30 or so since I’m not really picky if a show is affordable and looks fun. Plus I live in a city that gets a ton of Japanese artists, including some pretty obscure ones because of some local events.

First Japanese concert: DIR EN GREY
Most recent concert: HARU NEMURI
Next show: probably Vicke Blanka, but I’m not 100% sure
Seen the most times: MIYAVI (3x), umbrella (2x), Kinoko Teikoku (2x)

I’m not the biggest MIYAVI fan, but he comes here really often and I have a friend who likes him and asked me to go with her twice.

Some popular bands I’ve seen: X JAPAN, B’z, metronome, RIZE, MAN WITH A MISSION

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